If it’s healthier than a potato chip it must be a healthy snack.
Sure we know lots more about food, but when it comes right down to it, this simple consideration is how most of us decide what snacks to give our kids. Skeptical? If winning the potato chip challenge isn’t the basic rationale for pretzels, crackers, and popcorn, then what is?
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I know you want your kids to eat healthy snacks for their sake. But what if changing the way your kids snack could change YOUR life?
Wouldn’t that be great? A change in snacking could change your life?
Most parents think of meals as their nutrition zone, and snacking as extras.
From a habits perspective, snack time might just be the most important time of the … [Read more...]

When it comes to choosing snacks for your kids, it's a minefield out there. Not only are the conventional choices nutritional wastelands (see Think Snack TIME not Snack FOOD), but many items are too big and/or have too many calories.
Consider this:
One small box of Goldfish Crackers – the kind that looks like a small milk carton -- contains 2 ounces of crackers.
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"Yuk" is one of the most common reactions I get when I suggest that parents give their children plain yogurt instead of the sweetened varieties. Even when parents are silent, their faces say it all: they can't imagine torturing their kids with plain yogurt. "It doesn't taste good." "It's tart and tangy."
This is a follow-up to my Yogurt vs. Coke post. Now that you know … [Read more...]